title: Double-balloon valvuloplasty of calcified bioprosthetic pulmonary valve twenty-three years after implantation.
abstract: Balloon valvuloplasty to dilate stenotic bioprosthetic valves is rarely used, but has been applied successfully to dilate bioprosthetic mitral, aortic, tricuspid and, to a lesser extent, pulmonary valves. The case is reported of a 45-year-old male patient with right-sided heart failure who underwent a successful dilatation of a stenotic, calcific bioprosthetic pulmonary valve using double-balloon valvuloplasty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Maiy.h.elsayed@gmail.com
authors.forename: Maiy H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: El Sayed
authors.forename: Ahmad K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Darwazah
authors.forename: Hamdy M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: El Sayed
mesh_terms: D063126:Balloon Valvuloplasty; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011664:Pulmonary Valve; D013997:Time Factors